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This review discusses Welt und Selbst: Bausteine einer modernen Psychotherapie, a collection in German of early papers by the psychoanalyst Hans Trüb, who played a key role in Zürich psychoanalytic circles in the 1920s. It explores the significance of Trüb's work for today, particularly his emphasis on the dialogical nature of analysis, and argues the case for his works to be translated into English. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Alba and Foner’s volume is an important contribution to the transatlantic dialog. In the paper I especially focus on the presented labour market outcomes in the first generation and the accomplishments of the second generation in education. What do these outcomes tell us about integration and assimilation patterns across countries? Alba and Foner’s overall conclusion is that neither the theory of national integration models nor the theory of settler versus non-settler societies can explain the differences or similarities in outcomes across the six assessed countries. These theories, according to Alba and Foner, are debunked when empirically tested. I try to formulate what alternative explanations can be formulated based on the empirical data. Differences in historical institutional arrangements in education and the labour market can more accurately predict outcomes. Also differences in the dynamics between the mainstream population and immigrant groups in North America versus Western Europe are important. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The three volumes of Erinnerungen (Memories) are a compilation of life stories of Austrian Jews who succeeded in escaping Nazi persecution in their native country. They are stories of individuals and their families who were wealthy, welleducated and well-established and succeeded in reaching Australia before the outbreak of the Second World War. Their struggles to integrate, acculturate and assimilate into Australian society is at the core of each individual story. All three volumes contain a wealth of photographs, letters and documents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A critical review of Alba and Foner'sStrangers No More(2015) which focuses on questioning their comparative assimilation of European cases of immigrant integration to the North American, specifically U.S., experience. While this may work in terms of how national immigrant integration has mitigated over time racial discrimination for older, post-colonial migrants, it misrepresents the complex differentiations involved in the super-diversity of recent ‘new’ migrations within and to Europe. In particular, the variety of types and origins of recent migration is lost in their understanding of the U.K. case, with problems linked to their interpretation of data about minorities and foreigners in the country. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]